漆酶催化合成生物活性化合物的研究进展

近年来市场对具有营养和药用价值的活性化合物的需求量逐年增加,传统的生产方法已无法满足该类化合物的大规模应用。漆酶是近些年广受欢迎的生物催化剂之一,它可以在温和的条件下催化活性化合物的高效合成,并且有极大潜力取代传统的工业生产方法。本文着重回顾了近十年来漆酶在催化合成活性化合物中的应用,并对漆酶的结构及作用机制进行了介绍;同时指出了漆酶工业化应用中存在的一些问题,比如漆酶产量不足、部分酶促反应介质不适于工业化应用等。通过异源表达、筛选高产菌株提高漆酶产量、使用固定化技术和蛋白质工程提高漆酶的使用寿命、开发更加高效低廉的反应介质系统与寻找新的漆酶底物相结合来降低漆酶的应用成本是今后主要的发展趋势。     

酶催化脂肪族聚酯的合成

脂肪族聚酯是一种可生物降解的新型高聚物,可通过化学催化、发酵和酶催化来合成.酶催化合成聚酯是一种新型的环境友好绿色化学技术,可以在温和条件下高效的合成聚酯,有着传统聚合方法难以比拟的优势.尤其是特种酶的应用,为传统方法难以合成的聚酯,开辟了一条新的合成途径.本文综述了脂肪酶催化缩聚、酯交换、内酯开环聚合等聚酯合成方法,并讨论了反应参数(如溶剂、温度、酶和单体的浓度)对反应的影响.     

化学-酶多步串联反应及其在高附加值手性化合物高效、绿色合成中的应用

与化学催化或酶催化合成相比,化学-酶相结合的多步串联反应是一种更简单、高效、经济的方法,兼具酶催化剂的高效、高选择性等优点,且合成原料价廉易得,合成工艺简捷高效,生产环境绿色友好,所得产品光学纯度高,使其在高附加值手性化合物的开发和合成方面得到了广泛的应用.近年来,化学家们通过改变催化剂和设计更为合理的反应方式,致力于将化学-酶催化反应条件变得更为容易,从而将其应用于更多反应领域.综述了近年来国内外化学-酶多步串联反应,如酶与金属催化、酶与有机催化、酶与新型反应技术等相结合多步串联合成手性醇类、环氧类、杂环类以及其他手性化合物的研究进展,并对该领域的发展趋势进行了展望.     

化学-酶法高选择性合成手性化合物的研究进展

利用生物酶高反应活性、高区域及立体选择性和催化反应条件温和等优点,酶催化拆分技术已应用于多种重要的手性化合物单一对映体的制备中。化学合成与酶催化联合,二者优势互补,使得手性化合物的制备原料易得、工艺简捷高效且环境友好,获得的手性单一对映体的光学纯度高,因此化学-酶联合催化技术越来越受到人们的关注,不断地被开发并应用于传统化学法不易制备的手性化合物的合成体系中。本文总结和评述了近年来国内外化学-酶催化技术合成醇类、胺类和氨基酸类以及其他手性化合物的研究进展,并对其发展趋势进行了展望。     

无溶剂体系中的脂肪酶催化反应研究进展

酶作为一种生物催化剂，具有专一性强、催化效率高、在常温常压等温和条件下能进行操作等优点，从而引起众多学者的兴趣．传统酶学研究的是酶在水溶液中的催化行为，这使得人们产生了误解，认为只有在水溶液中酶才能保持活性，有机溶剂会使酶变性失活．1984年，美国麻省理工工学院的科学家Klibanov首次发现有许多酶可用于有机溶剂，从而解决了有机化合物在水介质中的低溶解性限制酶催化剂应用的问题，酶不仅能够在有机溶剂中保持稳定，而且还显示出很高的催化转酯活力．这一发现为酶学研究和应用带来了又一次革命性飞跃，从而促进了非水酶学的兴起，使之成为目前重要的酶技术之一．其中研究较多的是脂肪酶，脂肪酶不仅能催化油脂水解，而且在非水介质中也能催化油脂的酯交换反应，用来提高油脂的品位．随着研究的深入和学科的交叉，各种新的酶促反应体系也相继被发现，大大拓宽了酶催化反应的应用范围，使酶法合成逐步发展成为与化学法合成相互补充的合成方法．近年来非水介质中的不同反应体系的酶催化反应，主要有：有机溶剂体系、反相胶束体系、超临界体系、气相体系等，其中无溶剂体系中的酶促反应是非水体系中酶促反应的特例．     

α-糜蛋白酶催化合成β-脲基巴豆酸酯

β-脲基巴豆酸酯是合成6-甲基嘧啶二酮衍生物及3,4-二氢嘧啶二酮衍生物的重要中间体,在生物制药中有着广泛的应用.由于酶具有绿色、安全、高效的催化特性,采用α-糜蛋白酶为生物催化剂,以N,N-二甲基甲酰胺为反应介质,37℃条件下,通过1,3-二羰基化合物和脲的缩合反应,合成了一系列β-脲基巴豆酸酯类化合物.     

漆酶活化碱木质素的磺甲基化反应活性研究

采用漆酶对碱木质素进行活化预处理,并对活化碱木质素进行磺甲基化改性,揭示了漆酶活化对碱木质素磺甲基化反应活性影响的作用机理.采用顶空气相色谱、红外光谱、凝胶渗透色谱、核磁共振等研究了漆酶活化碱木质素的结构特征,结果表明,漆酶对碱木质素既有聚合作用又有解聚作用,分子量变化不大,多分散性增加;漆酶活化使得碱木质素发生脱甲基作用,酚羟基含量增大,紫丁香基含量减低;另外,漆酶可氧化酚羟基变成苯氧自由基使碱木质素聚合.采用分子模拟对漆酶活化碱木质素的电子云密度进行了计算,结果表明脱甲基作用增大了木质素苯环上的电子云密度,有利于磺甲基化反应的进行.采用电位滴定测试磺甲基化产物的磺化度来表征其反应活性的大小,结果表明漆酶活化磺甲基化碱木质素的磺化度提高了35%,且对二氧化钛悬浮体系的分散性能得到明显提高.     

Corey化学酶

Corey用小分子手性化合物作为催化剂来催化有机合成反应, 从前手性反应物合成具有高度光学活性的产物, 它们的绝对构型可从催化剂和反应物的构型预测。本文主要分三部分对Corey化学酶在有机不对称合成中的应用作一综述。     

齐墩果酸的结构修饰和α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制活性

以天然五环三萜类化合物齐墩果酸为原料, 通过氧化、酯化、环合和曼尼希等反应, 对A环2, 3位和28位进行结构修饰, 设计合成了16个衍生物; 通过理化性质、质谱和核磁数据确定了化合物结构. 对合成的衍生物进行了体外α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制活性筛选, 结果表明, 受试化合物在200 μg/mL浓度下显示出不同程度的酶抑制活性. 初步构效关系分析表明, 28位游离羧基是活性必需基团, 3位羟基或相应的氢键供体取代基有利于提高活性.     

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Decolorization Potential of Some Reactive Dyes with Crude Laccase and Laccase-Mediated System

In this study, decolorization of dyestuffs, such as Reactive Red 198, Rem Blue RR, Dylon Navy 17, Rem Red RR, and Rem Yellow RR was studied using laccase and laccase-mediated system. The laccases are known to have an important potential for remediation of pollutants. Among these dyestuffs, decolorization of Rem Blue RR and Dylon Navy 17 was performed with crude laccase under optimized conditions. Vanillin was selected as laccase mediator after screening six different compounds with Rem Yellow RR, Reactive Red 198, and Rem Red RR as substrates. However, Rem Yellow RR was not decolorized by either laccase or laccase-mediated system. It is observed that the culture supernatant contained high laccase activity after treatment with catalase that was responsible for the decolorization. Besides, culture supernatant with high laccase activity as enzyme source was treated with catalase; in this way, the hypothesis that laccase was the enzyme responsible for decolorization was supported. The Rem Blue RR was decolorized with 64.84% under the optimum conditions and Dylon Navy 17 with 75.43% with crude laccase. However, using the laccase and vanillin, the decolorization of Reactive Red 198 and Rem Red RR was found to be 62% and 68%, respectively. Our study demonstrated that the decolorization abilities of laccase and/or laccase mediator systems were based on the types of mediator, the dye structure, and the standard experimental conditions. Also, the electrochemical behaviors of some samples were studied. The redox potentials of these samples were determined using cyclic voltammetry on glassy carbon electrode in phosphate buffer (pH 6) solution.     

Chemoselective C-4 aerobic oxidation of catechin derivatives catalyzed by the Trametes villosa laccase/1-hydroxybenzotriazole system: synthetic and mechanistic aspects

Catechin derivatives were oxidized in air in the presence of the Trametes villosa laccase/1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HBT) system in buffered water/1,4-dioxane as reaction medium. The oxidation products, flavan-3,4-diols and the corresponding C-4 ketones, are bioactive compounds and useful intermediates for the hemisynthesis of proanthocyanidins, plant polyphenols which provide beneficial health properties for humans. Determinations of oxidation potentials excluded that catechin derivatives could be directly oxidized by laccase Cu(II), while it resulted in the H-abstraction from benzylic positions being promptly promoted by the enzyme in the presence of the mediator HBT, the parent species producing in situ the reactive intermediate benzotriazole-N-oxyl (BTNO) radical. A remarkable and unexpected result for the laccase/HBT oxidative system has been the chemoselective insertion of the oxygen atom into the C-4-H bond of catechin derivatives. Mechanistic aspects of the oxidation reaction have been investigated in detail for the first time in order to corroborate these results. Since the collected experimental findings could not alone provide information useful to clarify the origin of the observed chemoselectivity, these data were expressly supplemented with information derived by suitable molecular modeling investigations. The integrated evaluation of the dissociation energies of the C-H bonds calculated both by semiempirical and DFT methods and the differential activation energies of the process estimated by a molecular modeling approach suggested that the observed selective oxidation at the C-4 carbon has a kinetic origin.     

New Potential Biocatalysts by Laccase Immobilization in PVA Cryogel Type Carrier

Laccases are enzymes belonging to the Oxidoreductases class. These enzymes may be good biocatalysts for different processes, at laboratory and industrial levels. A successful use at industrial scale demands a higher stability of the enzyme. As an easy way to obtain longer life biocatalysts, the immobilization process is recommended. Thus, the paper presents different ways of obtaining new biocatalysts by a laccase covalent immobilization on a macroporous carrier based on poly(vinyl alcohol) cryogel. Different procedures of covalent immobilization are described, the newly obtained biocatalysts being characterized. According to the experimental data, the stability of the immobilized enzyme increased and the pH profile changed, compared with those of the free enzyme.     

A Dynamic Defect Generation Strategy for Efficient Enzyme Immobilization in Robust Metal-Organic Frameworks for Catalytic Hydrolysis and Chiral Resolution

Enzyme immobilization has been demonstrated to be a favorable protocol for promoting the industrialization of bioactive molecules, but still with formidable challenge. Addressing this challenge, we create a dynamic defect generation strategy for enzyme immobilization by using the dissociation equilibrium of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) mediated by enzymes. Enzymes can act as “macro ligands” to generate competitive coordination against original ligands, along with the release of metal clusters of MOFs to generate defects, hence promoting the gradual transport of enzymes from the surface to inside. Various enzymes can be efficiently immobilized in MOFs to afford composites with good enzymatic activities, protective performances and exceptional reusabilities. Moreover, multienzyme bioreactors capable of efficient cascade reactions can also be generated. This study provides new opportunities to construct highly efficient biocatalysts incorporating different types of enzymes.     

Supramolecular enzyme mimics by self-assembly

The development of supramolecular chemistry has led to a shift in the research focus from the structural design of supramolecules to developing functional systems, such as supramolecular enzyme models. The supramolecular enzyme mimics can be readily constructed by self-assembly which is an efficient strategy for generating highly-ordered structures with complex and hierarchical architectures to mimic the biopolymers. The study of supramolecular enzyme mimics has implications for understanding both the structure–function relationships of natural enzymes and the thermodynamic mechanism during catalysis. Additionally, they are potentially useful in many important applications, e.g., medicinal application and industrial biocatalysts and so on. This review is aimed at giving a brief overview of the synthesis of supramolecular enzyme mimics and their functions.     

Laccase‐Mediated Synthesis of Novel Substituted Phenoxazine Chromophores Featuring Tuneable Water Solubility

Laccases are members of the blue copper oxidases family found in nature. They commonly oxidise a wide range of phenol and aniline derivatives, which in turn are involved in oxidative coupling reactions. Yet, laccases remain rarely described as biocatalysts in organic synthesis. This paper describes the chemical preparation of original sulfonated aminophenol substrates and their enzyme‐mediated dimerisation into phenoxazine chromophores that feature tuneable water solubility as a function of the sulfonyl substituent. The scope and limitations of the biocatalysed synthetic process are outlined. Kinetic data were collected to evaluate the influence of physicochemical parameters. The structure of the novel phenoxazine dyes (“head‐to‐head” or “head‐to‐tail” dimer) was assessed by NMR spectroscopic analysis. Two crystalline compounds were analysed by X‐ray diffraction. Such laccase‐mediated synthesis (a green chemistry process) was proven to be more efficient than the chemical oxidation of o‐aminophenols with silver oxide.     

Kinetics of oxidation of benzyl alcohols by the dication and radical cation of ABTS. Comparison with laccase-ABTS oxidations: an apparent paradox

Laccase, a blue copper oxidase, in view of its moderate redox potential can oxidise only phenolic compounds by electron-transfer. However, in the presence of ABTS (2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonate) as a redox mediator, laccase reacts with the more difficult to oxidise non-phenolic substrates, such as benzyl alcohols. The role of ABTS in these mediated oxidations is investigated. Redox interaction with laccase could produce in situ two reactive intermediates from ABTS, namely ABTS++ or ABTS*+. These species have been independently generated by oxidation with Ce(iv) or Co(iii) salts, respectively, and their efficiency as monoelectronic oxidants tested in a kinetic study towards a series of non-phenolic substrates; a Marcus treatment is provided in the case of ABTS++. On these grounds, intervention of ABTS++ as a reactive intermediate in laccase-ABTS oxidations appears unlikely, because the experimental conditions under which ABTS++ is unambiguously generated, and survives long enough to serve as a diffusible mediator, are too harsh (2 M H2SO4 solution) and incompatible with the operation of the enzyme. Likewise, ABTS*+ seems an intermediate of limited importance in laccase-ABTS oxidations, because this weaker monoelectronic oxidant is unable to react directly with many of the non-phenolic substrates that laccase-ABTS can oxidise. To solve this paradox, it is alternatively suggested that degradation by-products of either ABTS++ or ABTS*+ are formed in situ by hydrolysis during the laccase-ABTS reactions, and may be responsible for the observed oxidation of non-phenolics.     

Biocatalyst CAL-B catalyzed synthesis of modified nucleosides: An overview

Nucleosides are valuable biologically active compounds, which display antitumour and antiviral activities. Various types of bioactive nucleosides are designed to improve their therapeutic efficacy, However this strategy faces the difficult selectivity issues of nucleoside chemistry. Therefore, the goal of this review is to give an idea of the opportunities provided by biocatalyst CAL-B procedures in the preparation of different types of bioactive nucleoside compounds. The function of Candida Antarctica lipase-B (CAL-B) in organic synthesis is reviewed. This enzyme has been found to be a principally efficient and robust lipase catalyzing an unexpected variety of reactions including many different regio- chemo, and diastereo-selective synthesis. Moreover, the structure of Candida Antarctica lipase-B is an example of an enzyme for which its specificity has been predicted based on acylation and deacylation mechanism on substrates.     

A novel magnetically separable laccase-mediator catalyst system for the aerobic oxidation of alcohols and 2-substituted-2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-ones under mild conditions

In this study, a magnetically reusable artificial metalloenzyme has been constructed by co-immobilization of palladium nanoparticles as a strong oxidizing catalyst and laccase as an oxygen-activating enzyme into the cavities of magnetic mesocellular foams silica (Pd-Laccase@MMCF). The combination of Pd-Laccase@MMCF and hydroquinone (HQ) act as electron-transfer mediator system and make stepwise electron transfer from substrate to molecular oxygen. This catalyst system was used for the aerobic (i) oxidation of alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl compounds and (ii) dehydrogenation of 2-substituted-2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-ones in phosphate buffer (0.1 M, pH 4.5, 4 mL)/THF (4%, 1 mL) as solvent under mild conditions. The co-immobilization of both laccase and Pd onto high surface area mesoporous support, high catalytic activity and magnetically separable and reusable make the present catalyst system superior to other currently available electron-transfer mediator systems.     

Health-Promoting Properties of Medicinal Mushrooms and Their Bioactive Compounds for the COVID-19 Era—An Appraisal: Do the Pro-Health Claims Measure Up?

Many mushroom species are consumed as food, while significant numbers are also utilised medicinally. Mushrooms are rich in nutrients and bioactive compounds. A growing body of in vitro, in vivo, and human research has revealed their therapeutic potentials, which include such properties as anti-pathogenic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, gut microbiota enhancement, and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 specificity. The uses of medicinal mushrooms (MMs) as extracts in nutraceuticals and other functional food and health products are burgeoning. COVID-19 presents an opportunity to consider how, and if, specific MM compounds might be utilised therapeutically to mitigate associated risk factors, reduce disease severity, and support recovery. As vaccines become a mainstay, MMs may have the potential as an adjunct therapy to enhance immunity. In the context of COVID-19, this review explores current research about MMs to identify the key properties claimed to confer health benefits. Considered also are barriers or limitations that may impact general recommendations on MMs as therapy. It is contended that the extraction method used to isolate bioactive compounds must be a primary consideration for efficacious targeting of physiological endpoints. Mushrooms commonly available for culinary use and obtainable as a dietary supplement for medicinal purposes are included in this review. Specific properties related to these mushrooms have been considered due to their potential protective and mediating effects on human exposure to the SARS CoV-2 virus and the ensuing COVID-19 disease processes.